behaviors appropriate for members of a particular culture

Behaviors appropriate for members of a particular culture

Socialization

 

·         the process by which people learn the attitudes, values, and behaviors appropriate for members of a particular culture.

 

Self

 

·         A distinct identity that sets us apart from others

 

Sociological approaches to the self include:

 

·         Charles Horton Cooley: Looking Glass self
George Herbert Mead: Stages of the Self
-the preparatory stage
-the play stage
-the game stage
Meads Theory of the self
-signifigant others

 

Charles Horton Cooley: Looking Glass Self

 

·         -We learn who we are by interacting with others
-The self is a product of our social interactions and our impressions of how others perceive us

 

George Herbert Meads: Stages of the Self

 

·         Preparatory Stage
2)The Play Stage
-Role taking
3)The Game Stage

 

The Preparatory Stage (Stages of the Self)

 

·         children imitate the people around them

 

The Play Stage (Stages of the Self)

 

·         Children develop skill in communicating through symbols
-begin to pretend to be other people

 

The Play Stage:

·        
Role Taking

·         the process of mentally assuming the perspective of another

 

The Game Stage (Stages of the Self)

 

·         at about 8 or 9, the child no longer just plays roles, but begins to consider tasks and relationships at the same time

 

Meads Theory of the Self

 

·         -The self begins at a central position in a persons world
-Young Children picture themselves as the focus of everything around them
-significant others

 

Significant Others (Meads Theory of the self)

 

·         refers to those who are most important in the development of the self

 

Cognitive Theory of Development

 

·         -Sensorism Stage
-Preoperational
-Concrete Operational
-Formal Operational

 

Sensorism Stage (Cognitive Theory Development)

 

·         young children use their senses to make discoveries

 

Preoperational Stage
(Cognitive Theory Development)

 

·         children begin to use words and symbols

 

Concrete Operational
(Cognitive Theory Development)

 

·         Children engage in more logical thinking

 

Formal Operational
(Cognitive theory Development)

 

·         adolescents become capable of abstract and logical thought